Hello all,
About 10 months ago I had some health problems crop up. I was hospitalized for a bout of afib, I was released and put on Atenolol to help prevent reoccurrence. About a month later I found out that my wife was pregnant shortly after that I had a bout of tremoring in my left arm, I did the worst possible thing and googled it. Dr. Google promptly diagnosed me with ALS. Needless to say a whole lot of anxiety ensued. I had already been having muscle twitches all over for a short while so of course I took the ball and ran with it. Over time I began to have a tingling sensation in my forearm and hands from time to time, my hands developed a mild tremor, and I began to have day where I felt fumble fingered and all over shaky.
I posted on the ALS boards and the kind members over there said that they did no think I had it, and a series of simple tests at my GP's office revealed normal strength and balance as well as reflexes. On the advice if the members over there I have begun to work on my obvious anxiety problem and lo and behold things get some better.
However this whole time I have had days where I feel a deep ache in some of my limbs, typically my hands, but I also have them in my arms, waist, and near my knees. On the days I have these pains I stay exhausted and even though I can do things as normal I feel very weak and simple tasks drain me. I feel around these painful areas they feel incredibly tender.
I also have central sleep apnea and IBS.
To bring this wall of text full circle, my mother was diagnosed with fibromyalgia years ago. I took them quite some time to figure it out. She has not put much worry on my neurological symptoms this far as she attributes them to anxiety. However she recently said that the pain I describe sounds similar to hers, she also said fibromyalgia tends to run in families.
Do my symptoms sound like fibromyalgia to you? I have read that it can cause twitching in some people and that it can be brought out by periods of stress. Has anyone here experienced symptoms like nine with their fibromyalgia?
About 10 months ago I had some health problems crop up. I was hospitalized for a bout of afib, I was released and put on Atenolol to help prevent reoccurrence. About a month later I found out that my wife was pregnant shortly after that I had a bout of tremoring in my left arm, I did the worst possible thing and googled it. Dr. Google promptly diagnosed me with ALS. Needless to say a whole lot of anxiety ensued. I had already been having muscle twitches all over for a short while so of course I took the ball and ran with it. Over time I began to have a tingling sensation in my forearm and hands from time to time, my hands developed a mild tremor, and I began to have day where I felt fumble fingered and all over shaky.
I posted on the ALS boards and the kind members over there said that they did no think I had it, and a series of simple tests at my GP's office revealed normal strength and balance as well as reflexes. On the advice if the members over there I have begun to work on my obvious anxiety problem and lo and behold things get some better.
However this whole time I have had days where I feel a deep ache in some of my limbs, typically my hands, but I also have them in my arms, waist, and near my knees. On the days I have these pains I stay exhausted and even though I can do things as normal I feel very weak and simple tasks drain me. I feel around these painful areas they feel incredibly tender.
I also have central sleep apnea and IBS.
To bring this wall of text full circle, my mother was diagnosed with fibromyalgia years ago. I took them quite some time to figure it out. She has not put much worry on my neurological symptoms this far as she attributes them to anxiety. However she recently said that the pain I describe sounds similar to hers, she also said fibromyalgia tends to run in families.
Do my symptoms sound like fibromyalgia to you? I have read that it can cause twitching in some people and that it can be brought out by periods of stress. Has anyone here experienced symptoms like nine with their fibromyalgia?
